Life expectancy at birth in Lebanon was 65.9 years in 1969: 67.7 for women and 64.2 for men, a gap of 3.5 years. 18,981 people died; 43.3% of them were 65 or older and 25.2% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1969

Life expectancy at birth

65.9

Women

67.7

Men

64.2

Life expectancy at 65

13.3

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

46.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

61.0

Deaths

18,981

Deaths per 1,000 people

8.2

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

224

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

168

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1969's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1969

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	45.30	52.16	67.7	64.2
1-4	3.86	3.61	69.8	66.6
5-9	0.86	1.20	66.9	63.5
10-14	0.71	0.94	62.2	58.9
15-19	1.12	1.61	57.4	54.1
20-24	1.55	2.29	52.7	49.6
25-29	1.83	2.34	48.1	45.1
30-34	2.18	2.61	43.5	40.6
35-39	2.73	3.34	38.9	36.1
40-44	3.61	4.66	34.4	31.7
45-49	5.13	6.93	30.0	27.3
50-54	7.48	10.57	25.7	23.2
55-59	11.09	16.38	21.6	19.3
60-64	17.44	25.24	17.7	15.8
65-69	28.50	38.94	14.1	12.5
70-74	47.93	61.06	10.8	9.7
75-79	80.11	96.38	8.1	7.3
80-84	133.47	151.71	5.8	5.3
85-89	208.37	235.16	4.2	3.8
90-94	326.98	363.43	2.9	2.6
95-99	460.00	504.26	2.1	2.0
100+	611.77	655.14	1.6	1.5

Mortality in Lebanon by year

Mortality in Lebanon, 1969

Year

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